Do you tip your hairdresser?

I’m retired, low pension. The stylist doesn’t need tipping. Long gone are the days when you had a junior washing hair and that is all they earned! Prices for hairdressers are so high and they earn enough.
Try not to go as much as I used to it is no longer a once a week treat as in my Mother’s Day.
Christmas box maybe ? But also the stylists don’t stay long enough to get to know them?

Always always tip the shampoo person. If you can’t afford then don’t tip the hair dresser but it’s only polite to tip them personally and not a group tip.
They have apprentice wages. Very min for their age.
It’s mean not to tip them.
Don’t buy them presents, they need the cash. They may be busy some days and other time there are few customers.
Come on grans tip them well.

But it’s not about the good service, the length of time you ve been going, or how rich or poor the service provider is in my opinion its purely about fairness Why give one provider for our beauty needs (a hairdresser) a present but a nurse who may be poorer and who mends you, nothing. The hairdresser may be bringing as much or more home than the nurse So a taxi driver is more valid than a train or bus driver who have brought you safely home

The price is what it is ! if the charge is £10 that’s how much I give I think tipping is old fashioned, a touching of the forelock message …I have money and you’re poor. ‘ here my good man treat the little wifey’ it shrieks of a past century to me I d much rather put the £5 in a charity pot

My last hairdresser drove round in a Mercedes I arrived on my bike !! It’s vastly unfair I give what I m asked to give

I have a dry cut as I hate being 'messed around with' and can't wait to leave, although my hairdresser is a lovely girl. I pay £35 and tip £5 which I know seems excessive proportionally but it just seems a little odd to give her £3.50. The girl rents the chair so in effect is her own boss but I do enjoy our conversations (how she retains the information from every client, I really don't know!).

I visit every eight weeks and have been a client now for over two years and the only quite annoying thing is that the hairdresser is constantly pushing me to come more frequently, at five or six weeks. I quite like my (very thick) hair both short, then longer at seven or eight weeks so have, so far, managed to rebut her comments. I am not sure how long I can hold out, 'though! It's a bit of a battle but she does a jolly good haircut so will just put my big girl knickers on and smile (with gritted teeth) whilst saying 'no', again!

Yes I always tip. She takes time and great care. I have cut- colour and blow dry which comes to a lot in a reputable salon in london. I give her £20.

Never. They charge enough. My continued custom is thanks enough.

I've had the same girl since I moved to my village 20 years ago, just a wet cut every 6 weeks. I wash it. I pay by PayPal and just add £5 to her price (£30) she says its too much, I say my Mum (who went weekly for shampoo and set) always said "look after your hairdresser and she'll look after you".

I tend to tip when I go to a salon as they are on hourly pay and have no control of the end cost. When I used to go to a hairdresser who operated from her home I didn’t as she had control of the final cost which wasn’t much difference to a salon and is taking all the cost.

I used to tip my previous hairdresser and the girl who washes my hair as she wasn’t too expensive. My current hairdresser is a lot more expensive but her cut and colour are amazing and I have a cut every 6 weeks and highlights every 3 months . She owns the salon and does everything. So I don’t tip her . Plus I pay by card and rarely carry cash anyway . She’s early thirties and I’ve found the younger generation don’t tip as much as my generation. My AC only tip in restaurants . My DS worked in bars and restaurants during uni and so knows the low wage the staff get.

Here in Germany it is custom to tip 10% to hairdressers, service staff, even a handyman expects something. State employees are not allowed to accept tips. That includes the postman.
My hairdresser is the owner, but he has ridiculously cheap prices, €13 for hubby and €15 for me. We usually give about €4 tip for the 2 of us. He does all the work himself. We wash our hair beforehand, and don't need a blowdry except in frosty weather, but he insists on a little styling.
In other salons, the minimum charge would be around €25 upwards, and they usually try to sell extra things, like gel or mousse. I prefer using a shampoo bar and no conditioner. I do not like all these brand names with so many toxic chemical ingredients, the shorter the list, the happier I am.

I do tip my hairdresser, I hope she shares with the shampoo lady - I did ask when I first when to the salon, My hairdresser has changed I assumed she would share with the shampoos.

No, I don’t tip.
The price has gone up massively, so not tipping any more,
I think the days of tipping the shampoos girl are long gone as my stylist washes and cuts my hair herself,

I tip my hairdresser £10 and the apprentice who washes my hair £5. Both are always very grateful and appreciative. I have my hair cut and coloured at an Aveda salon every six weeks. I’m very happy with the service.

I've always tipped £5 even when she cut my fringe way too short! Last visit I was asked if I was over 65 as it would be cheaper. I am not over 65 so I paid up. Ruined my day!

Yes, I always tip, my hairdresser, beautician and also cab drivers!. Back to hairdressers and beauticians, not all are employed and not all who are self employed or business owners are well off.
I never buy Christmas presents only give cash. The choice of present might not be what the person wants!

Not anymore, since prices have gone up substantially…..

Shinamae, yes prices have gone up for everybody and the poorly paid suffer more than most.

I tip my hairdresser £5 for a cut and £10 for a cut and colour. I rarely carry cash now so tell him to add it to the card payment and he takes the money out of the till and puts it in the tip tin. I also give him a bottle of wine + tip at Xmas . He is the best hairdresser I have ever had he cuts and colours it exactly as I like it and I get free coffee

No one don't tip my hairdresser. I pay £54"every 5 weeks for a cut & blow dry, the price has gone up since covid. He is a very good hairdresser and we get on very well. He's getting married in October, is mad keen on David Austin roses so I'm growing him one from a cutting as a wedding present - its one that's no longer available and he's so jealous I have not one but two of the variety. Better than a tip I hope...!

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Shinamae, yes prices have gone up for everybody and the poorly paid suffer more than most.

I am poorly paid. I work in a high dementia care home for minimum wage.

Only those with apprenticeships no one else.

I always tip. Go every 6 weeks and give £10 tip. I don’t see why being the owner of the salon would make any difference. I guess the people on here who don’t tip have never been tipped. Then they’d realise how much it means to the recipient.

I don't tip anyone. No-one ever gave me a tip for doing my job.

I give my hairdresser 10% of the cost. I don't need colouring anymore -natural grey now - so it's just cut and blow dry. I can afford to tip, so do so.

My hair dresser is the salon owner so I don't tip as he sets the prices, which post Covid have gone up quite a bit.
When he has apprentices, I put a couple of pounds in ash in a dish.

As to tipping generally, I only tip now with separate cash normally 10 to 12% cash, if the services I have received is good, or if I know the person providing the service is in a minimum wage job.